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â€¢ â– * y vwe s3 1833 vol l-!\o 48 9 - rallying officers by the by there is^rffi^h ii the common history of that battle in ine statement that all the guilfiird militia ran off without obeying the general order to fire three im^s and retreat behind the second line the compiny of captain f rbus above alluded to did load and fire three times and retreat as ordered but in this part of the transaction there was one of these dreadful incidents that som.times take place in wars poor for bus and his men kept their places as i be fore said but before they had gotten through the rounds th british were close upon them and by this tune were within gunshot of the se cond line of the american army who on receiv ing some bullets began to fire regardless of forbus's handful of men who suffered more from our own fire that that of the enemy capt forbus himself poor fellow was shot in the thigh in his retreat by one of our own men and died shortly after from tbe wound he was as brave a man as i ever saw there is one incident connected with this man which i sheold like was incorporated in the account of the guilford battle â€” it is this â€” while our first line â€” the militia wasyet at it post and be fore thc battle had commenced i was near capt forbus immediately opposite to us in the bri tish line was a very fine dressed british officer who rode in front of his men brandishing his sword very much and seemed very much de lighted with the business of leading on the at tack i said to forbus captain do you see that fellow i do said he well says i if you had a gun could you take him down i think i c mid said he â€” at the same time he took a rifle from one of his men and sat down in the corner of the fence â€” but as no orders had been given to fire i told him to wait until such an order at this moment i was sent for by gen.greetv a ; but i afterwards learned that forbus fired as soon as the first cannon vvas discharged from the british and tbe officer that was parading so briskly . felfat the crack of the rifle 1 found out afterwards that this officer was maj stuart so much lamented by the whole british army he was buried near the sp it where he fell while on thc subject of the guilford battle i will mention one other circumstance while col hunter aad i were talking to gen greene a cannon ball from the british line came with considerable force near where we were but striking against several trees in its course it rebounded and finally stopped by us a soldier picked it up and showed it to the general lland it back to our engineer and let them have it bad quietly replied general greene which was immediately done as i am not acquainted with mr swaim i hope you will take it on yourself to correct the small mistake above mentioned and if you choose you may make known the other part herein btfc led ._____________________________________________â– wiee pubic or indian lands .. â€ž._-,_ watch nv is published tnr 1 j rr , fio^uv per year in advance ,- â€¢ â– vrjliv i cities more than v â€¢ â– ' iÂ»di-t4nt from salisbury and in r .!.: . u*^t soâ€¢â€¢Â«oneyear--an taken for less than one s will ndwithdr vn until arri-ra ui.l-m-rxhoosts , â€¢â€¢ - â– sum in ad .. tn vwaclintana 2,50 tor one ..,..,.,,; regularly will he continu ratcsaflierwjrds tol j ie editor must b<s post paid or i d to . ... tbe fditof on the besmess dri ss bunas f-d.to of the tbo that write 0:10th t to ii c.jones the sob lipuons taken before thc ntof this paper it will be rentem : ..â– 00 the publication of the r.r * appropnat d to internal im privments yet her is a revenue a two mil lion five huuditt t'tou < aia dollars and upwards n.w let usiee wnat are the present resour cea of he state there are 7127 shares of bank sock and 8000 dollars in cash chargeable however with a deprecation in the stock t 1-5 â€” with adebt due to the state bank of 84,006 for 849 stares of the stock and with the sum of unredeemed treasury notes which were issued to pay for stock viz : 7 12,700 added to 8,000 oonnexmm with this subject it will nÂ»t be amiss i . u . to add that by convening the assembly loss ire ! g 3 . inst the . n 3 bta aad interests and wishes quendy say once every tiro if am ihe feoplej ot a â€¢ na . or * t y of tbe people of n carolina would save 40.000 every other year or ftojoool â€” again t the principles of republicanism per n-m.-.i and thereey diminish tlie expenses | â– *-* tn the face of public evils which dr of ihe state g ernment one fourth at i mand a cure and yet there is no oth.r tbe feat limuestiniia y the time of thc as : mode to effort it the utinmt t Â«â€¢ semuy is wasted their harmony is distarbed ' ingenuity dnnnt find ,' 2 Â°* then judgments are swayed and their patriotism j 1 " x fl ? ut y cauwfortuis is dethroned by sectional party spirit no great ! ! intlnence of mere sectional purv question is in our day brought before that body '< ir **â„¢* w ' tilout it-t-ding their aril by w'thout being interrupted by this aeaaon of dis j ** imputation ofthe grossest ignorance â€” cord it is idle and unprofitable to spend oar i *"$â€¢ m^e co.inties are ofje d gr~-_...r time in tracing the path of his admission or deal power in thc government they are 7 m ! ing out measures of crimination or recrimination ! asked to surrender one tittle of that hi''k upoa the enquiry whieh parte has encouraged thev nos^s tl.ov _,- i i , kn his approach or fostered his innng the influ 1 e antont qal^l "^ Â£* 3 **** ence he has acquired over our hgislation is now i f " g 139â€”they are no.v asked to so gr at that the perverted vision of our best i Â£ nan 3 tne constitution so as th it they mav legislators see him where he ought not to be j nereafter elect 3 among 121 they etch s en ami give themselves to his control on sub no - v appoint only one 66th of the rcprestn jeelsofthe most ordinary character it is my tation of the people while thfy are invited purp.se to speak plainly but 1 mean no offence to co-operate in producing a reform that to any let me give you a most remarkable in will give them the privile-e of auuointin-r stance of this alarming evd the legislature one ia,,\of the uit tl pp"intmg of 1815 or 1 16 causod the lands of this state ! elzj\!Â£jy 0 fc ! r ' s , *? **"> to be valued and according to odd assessment \ " w \Â° f 7 c dechned f jt **** be that the tney imposed the land lax tnis assessment ; crooked notions of party-men have supplan vvas lodged with the clerks ofthe county led tne principles of justice aud freed mn courts and they were directed to issue a copy senf.x ofthe same to those who receive tbe list of p s . in my last emm i put the reve taxes inthe counties for their government nil _ a a an â– k li 7 im tne tax baa been imposed according to that as i __*? **,! v 7 ' b,u the p ub,,c treasurer sissment ever since b accident 1 happen to ! st . ates lt t0 b f an ******* Â°Â» ffmÂ»0 i have access to thai paper and tlie act of assem i a ; so p ut ne expenses at fftlss the bly teaches me that tne laud tax is 6 cenlson \ treasurer states tlieui at Â£. 30,003 this every hundred dollars if the same now the j was a mistake of mine in transcribing or assessment has put the lauds of the slate at fifty . in addition the public treasurer is^pro tour millions b.hly right and th-r-forc i have adopted i herefore the land tax imposed bv li -. . ... , uuu r ltu m mis |" y tismqoi e re p rted b >' hlld lin i thus watchman 720,700 saturday jvwb 22 1r33 deducting 1-5 deprecation nf stock â€¢ m./.no bunk debt 81.000 treasury notes 98,000 s~t we or authorised to state that gen t-tornas - iv.k isa candidate to represent the con â€¢ it wan in the senate ofthe next general assembly 316.500 this leaves only 01.-..w which is less t.'ian half the bank profits the other half is g iie together with f 125,000 of tlie funds invested in the trade here has been a revenue of reduced to â€” two millions of dollars and more have taken to st_y we are requested to announce john beard jr e?q as a candidate for the senate in the \ of 11 wan 00t a sh03 store icjr we are authorized to announce jons clement esq as a candidate for the commons in rowan county themselves wings and flown away after a hazard-its and oppressive speculation in the banks las turned out most profitably on paper the pmse ot the people â€” the treasury of the state â€” is as empty as it would have been if the fjd-j.otjo owned in 1 sid and 1814 had been put at simple interest and that interest invested regularly as it became payable and the expenses of the government had been at the same time li mited tc her ordinary revenue i will not under take to how you in detail the manner in which this result has been brought about but i am concerned to know that the evils which contribu ted in a reat degree to produce it are not reme died and if they are not speedily removed they will entail greater mischiefs on tbe people this i proceed to demonstrate 1 our necessary expenses are gi eater than the ordinary revenues of ihe state 2 our general assembly is too numerous and consequently costs too much 3 our legislation is unwholesome because the members m too mucli excited by sectional party spirit and assemble together too often 4 this spirit is gaining by degrees an influ ence over our people in the discussion of those topics i shall be con fined to narrow limits by the form in which i must address through you the people of this state ; but the hints 1 crowd within that com pass may be useful and profitable to those vho will reflect on these subjects f i need offer no proof lo sustain my first p sition with sut h as read the annual report of the treasurer ihat excellent and valuable officer has told us in his last report to the assembly that the ordinary revenue of the state is $~ ., 905 and that the amount annually expended for the necessary expenses of the government excla sivsof specific appropriations ice may be stated at an average of 80,000 : ' 1 he same officer says tht ordinary public le.enueofthi state has not been adequate to tnis purpose for many years â€” that f~r the ast ten years this defect iris varied from 12,000 to 17,000 dollars annu ally 1 refer you to the report ofthe commit tee oi finance in the last assembly which re iterated this statement and confirmed it ... r hamilton c jokes is a candi date for the commons for rowan coun ty Â« mec juttl avgs leave to inform his friends andth ppub \'% ' thai lie has inftchased the cstablish flkjin-s mull jr an main street below ... s.-rs liuie & cade opposite to the viiikin fc catawba journal p ni land a general a-sortrnent 1 .',â– ,-, uticle usual in ttii line of busi race on long island error in our last paper we stated the time of the race between dewitt clinton and robin hood two mile heats at 3 minutes and 44 seconds we copied the statement accurately from the traveller 8 time ; and did not adveit to the inaccuracy of the account until our attention was culled to the suiiject by a friend acquainted with these matters who assured us that no horse ever wnile the returns of the sherilts and-.h repo t ofthe comptroll er will show that the land tax collected does not exceed the following letter to thc editor from co s c st.oib i-.,n secretory tothe commissioners for settling boundaries jtc with tin indian tribes for tho west will he highly interesting to our readers and wo tender onr thanks ta the wntei for his po liteness in furnishing us with the informa tion it contains â€” ark ga:etf at the mine place a j0ota*d shoe shop i 1 1 execute orders tor work with ; mid in the most fashionable style ysnone bin first rate workmen who i ; and attentive with which and a con laty lo bugim ss bi we if he bopes to itiaoanceu that patronage so liberally ... .-..,; i in 11 since he has been in bu-in.ss in ;- f rips m<ndÂ».d gratis rv match 1st 1 *â€¢,,,â– â– ..â€” 32 6tn thus while one man pays his taxes according to law â€” another pays according to his pleasure while the expenses of the governm.-i-.t are in creased the revenue is decreased by tlie bad ex ecution of the laws more than one fourth of the laud taxes and near one seventh of the did make such a race nor any thing near it â€” the probability is that it was meant for 3m 1 1 sec supreme court tiie summer session of this court commenced in the city of raleigh on monday 10th inst and will probably continue fur two months next to the opposition which has been shown to our university by the legislature of our own state the virulent and repeated efforts made to i overthrow this valuable court afford to those that are anxious for the honor and prosperity of j north caro-bxathe most melancholy reflections i it argues fearfully a want of intelligence and liberality of tonl without which a republican i form of government cannot endure that these ; efforts have ims yet succeeded is proof that tbema ; jor.ty of the people have not yet been led astray by ume-servrag crouching demagogues but the large minorities that have generally voted for j rs overthrow give us fearful bodings of the future we have hot little to show of lhe things that ruaka up toe greatness of a state but this court vj _*,':. r .-. ii r mmdea tbe ii-..o t isity of its labour or tbe lean iog or purity o its raembers is indeed a btigbl ornament in our heraldry the judiciary of oar state has been its pride i tbe device upon the arms of our sta shows i that to secure to all the people evenhanded jus j dee was an object the next to liberty itself the wisdom and virtue of our forefathers have thus public revenue is uncollected or not accounted fort gibsov maw 7 1s33 for at the treasury ai.d why is no act passed dear sir 1 have had but^litth news by the assembly to remedy this evil fiie !*â€ž,.Â«â€žâ€žâ€ž, ,â€ž,â€ž.,â™¦â€ž Â».â€ž i â€ž,. . treasurer in the faithful discharge of ins duty ! l Â° raun *^Â«Â«Â«- i Â«Â«Â»^ jonr tnes has drawn the attention of the legislature to \ **&' j cani howefw i Â» no Â« s y something the subject he has recommended that the laws j a Â» 0,,tthe occbitenoes ofthe last few dlys on this subject might ne revised â€” ne has very j 0 e ofthe finest looking and ppircntly justly conceived that die permanent unapjiro ! most efficient command tli.it over penetn priated revenue ol the state might be so reuu ted an indian country west of the mtssis latedasiu any event to meet the public expea ' sippi left here to day on an expedition to dature he could do no more why then i thc extreme western boundary of tin uni repeat is no law passed to meet these correct sug 4 â€ž . c 4 ~ a v j .. .- i o . a a i ted states and have encatnaed t ns evenui gestions â€” to have tlie tax collected as it has ., f . , v , t ' c,u b heen assessed by law these are the causes on lhe arkansas a few miles bolo-.y it is the members of the assembly are split into/ac composed of two selcet companies of tho tions undal the we'll known standard of the 7th infantry and three companies of kan fast aud the west the boannak and the gers the officers arc col many com cape fear ' and even when a revenue bill is mander * major young lieut dawson to be considered their votes depend very much adjutant ; assistant surma worrell upon the circumstance from what quarter ot the i â€¢ ..... â– _--,,. [.,...â€ž r . â€¢- a i . i lieut imortlirop uuartermaater and coui bta.e its mover comes unaccustomed tooooaid _-_.,-* . . . er objects on their mania tne crowd wok nitssary of suhsistenccs -^ and lieut i low only for their leader if this revenue mea are f oi tlie l*tmmtj the rangers first comes from the east the i,>p siti.n of the west company is commanded by capt ford is secured and vice versa 1 know there are lieuts gibson and shields ; so end eoin honoraule exceptions tothe rule hut truth for pany by capt boone limits hamilton and bids me to concede that they arc more than ex bâ€žtl e r ; third company by capt bean ceptinns this very question of land tax has l;(!uts . penttjcost wskmon caldwell aud been bef se the assembly three different nines to r . ---â€” w-*m Â«_*â– my knowledge it has always been welcomed i *" with the cry of party â€” talked of referred and the officers belonging to the rangers then 1 id on the table and thus it is with ev are all at their posts except lieut st-.-ens ery question ot deep interest to the public no who is engaged by tho commissions ia to weary yon with any let ine add a case of running the fine west between lhe creeks annual occurrence in assembly i and chcrok in accor(lance mw y premise that 1 am no \\ estern man i reside . , . - ., ... in the easf-my property family and most reat >' * p u , a 1 tun,s of , llc ' ** bruanr of my friends live there yet 1 am no eastern ast * hc wi " j oin the command sotne man,'either i am a north carolina man whereon the waters of the canadian after the people of burke and buncombe havef.r having completed the duties assigned him years petitioned the legislature to divide those lieut watson of washington city is the two counties into three and in support of their on [ v officer appointed tothe new dragoon application tney have set forth the following . ' t , iat h;ls # cirriveil licut s^xvtdl c.rie varices that to get to their courts and alus , ,â€¢ _ . â€ž ___, ,,,",. j __.., Â° i,â€ž.4 , , , , i . , , __Â« declines accepting the appointment teiidcr ters many of then are obliged to travel from 3o ... ,._. ''_.. , to 70 miles in a mountainous country that ed him n tnat corps referring his pre they pay tax more than equal to the additional sent rank inthe infantry expenses f a new county ; that their population the principal object of col arbuckle is exceeding 34,000 and tbe evils are ofa ciiar in sending out this expedition is to display actor to be remedied ne other way vet this ap a large military force in the heart and iii plication is-efused upon the openly admitted the extreme hiding places of the indian ground that a new county would add strength countrv , , vnere no so]dier ha cvcf t to'hhe west moor legislature here you see .-â– â– * l the complaint is so reasonable the demand so p ' just that parties are deprived of a decent pretext the pawnees and comanches have been for disregarding one and denying the other but very troublesome during the last winter party spirit is so strong that the servants of the evincing an unfriendly temper toward ciii pooplefeel safe in the open admission that citi zen3 d r t \ ie united states besides the se zens of north carolina are refused justice ano noug rol)bery coinmate j up â€ž n r u l 0 garros dent d their right because they dwell n ihe .* n <_ . c . c westesnpartof tha territory vnen suet a frtv on heir way ftu santo fe to st spirit prevails it is madness to calculate upon lth,is ' n ******* id3l < th 7 , * avc **** v y wholesome legislation annoying to traders ind trap,h-rs who have 4 i have said that this spirit of section happened logo near their haunts and have al party is ertending itself among the peo lost no chance of attacking and plundering pie do you wonder that the people of unprotected travellers burke and buncombe should feel its in j it is contemplated by the comminding flnence when their representatives go home officer to strike red river about the head and tell them that their grievances are not waters ofthe boggy and probably ascend remedied â€” their oppressions are not reinov to thc blue and fausse washita on their ed their complaints are not heeded for route to tint omt the iroops will scour the sinole reason that they live in â€¢* the the country between the north fork and west f is any thing more natural than mam branch of the canadian that the same feeling should find reception should the expedition fill in with any among their neighbors who also live in 1 ofthe panmu comanche chiefs they will -â€¢ the west but this is not all it is be brought to this place for the pwpose of proposed to elect the governor hy tho peo holding a talk with the commissioners pie on this question tbe representatives j who are particularly directed to obtain an east of a certain line vote against while j interview with these roving and restless those iftsf of that line vote for it and tribes who have no fixed place of residence their constituents approve their course â€” j but followjthe buffalo and appear alternate yet was it ever heard that the people un \ ly in the united states an mexico the controlled by party formed opinions on { jominipsioners have furnished interpreters i such a subject by their local habitations f j to enable the romrnanding officer to effect did they so divide upon the sheritf law or j this object from the high standing of the the clerk law as they are called further j officers having command ofthe expedit.on still as early as 1t33 a proposal was i nave no doubt but they will carry their made to alter the constitution of the state j intentions into effect if untiring pcrscver because the general assembly wis toe nu ance and genuine courage can insure uc merous â€” too expensive and convened too cess if they meet the hostile indians the often and the counties of granville cra orders are to treat them friendly ; but ten halifax and edgecombe ilkn voted in should they indicate hostile intentions or favor of it but now tiiey are united in op commit any depredations they will be posing it the counties of ciunrule.cra tangbt a salutary lesson on the spot r.n wake halifax edgecombe north this is truly an intercstin expedition a./infon haw hanover warren and other the whole of the great west to the hex tax paying counties do now oppose a re ican line between the waters ofthe arkau form in our representation they do this sits and red river may be explore ita cigaito-t their own righto and interests a physical qualities ewertained a j its - ilcvtii catouna ji.vstit ti or bducatio to annual meeting of the north-carolina ! ml tiite of kdiication will take place on jm ty the 15th of june two days prev iÂ«to the coinniencement of the uruver b after winch time wil be delivered t annual address and lectures on the is appointed at the last meeting ti yours with paternal affection james martin scnr domestic jlcte from tho raleigh register anntnl a.ldscp by joscvn a ii ll em ydmingtoa first l-eoinre oa ov i.orr.s d johnson es'j second lecture on a system s.-iiool for north-c irolina on our state constitution no iv ail political power is vested in and derived from the people only â€” bill of rights to the editors 2 when our constitution was adopted the stale was divided into 36 counties and the ge theljtm f,:::i>kici nash of ilillsnor pi^h tlii r il lectin o on thc custom of ncnng emulation m literary institutions or punishment hy walkeu fsq of hillsborough and presumed that the friends a cati~c ol such vital im the slate bin order ofthe executive committee neral assembly was composed of 1 tl ine .;>â€¢ ir - ! tiie counties are now inultipjied to 6-1 and the general assembly consists of 199 members e ven after the number of counties was greatly in creased many years ago the expense of an as sembly did not exceed sometimes 15,000 and very rarely 20,000 ; but now the accounts of the treasurer and comptroller exhibit to us an annual expense of 40,000 for the pay of mem bers i say nothing of printing and oilier con tingencics though the latter makes no trilling sum in our public accounts the whole neeessa expense of our government used to fall short of 40,000 as any man may see who takes the trouble to examine the subject our fathers were satisfied to receive 2 per day for serving in the assembly many among us profess lo venerate their conduct as a model worthy of our imitation in all tilings and the people may be a little curious to know why ia this respect any exception should be made by later assemblies oar fathers thought 114 members of toe assem hly suffieient ( to manage the affairs of state when we were surrounded by difficulties unknown to us in later days â€” many among us profess to be lieve that they conducted tlie business of the people well and experience should teach us that it has not been so pruu.ntly and prosperously managed since the number of these workmen is increased to nearly 00 our fathers inculca ted economy in public expeneea as a principle of the republic but we ha e disregarded it by our praciice 3 our legislation is unwholesome because the general assembly sits too often and is excited by a spirit of sectional party what a fruitful theme for discussion is here alas for the honor and prosperity of the state there is not a man who has n pr.ser.ted the people in 0 years that will not confirm tins charge : and there is no section of the state that has not f it its truth the legidature often passes a law without due consideration of its etiecis from tlie circumstance that they will again a~.sseri.ble in 12 months and lt may he then repealed this leads to a system of experiments in law â€” making injurious to the public in every way they sit until hi middle of january and their acts are not pruned and distributed throughout the state tor two months after the adjournment it takes at least three months or m<re for the people to learn them and by this time the annual elections have come around and what chance has been afforded for ajtsdgmeiit by experience upon the sagacity and wisdom of their servants indeed in some parts of the state the laws of oneseseion are hardly known before another asse.nnly ba convened and most probably repealed or changed the law one tact is said to be worth a hunered arguments in 1.31 the legislature passed a law imposing a fine of rj-.oo on very sheriff that failed thereafter to return to the county court a list of the merchants to whom he issued a licence and from whom he cojlepted a tax in october 1 32 the treasury ix-part-sent imposed that a fine on ii sheriffs of this state which were all reunited by tbe last assetnblv because the sherijj's had not known thc bjw be}%re it teas too late to coniply with it very frequently too i doubi not a good law h as beea repealed before a sufficient time hau transpired to test its value not unfrequently has it been the fate of intelli gent citizens to 1 taxed four dollars in the shape of attorney's fees to learn from a lawyer whether the general assembly had permitted a law of their previous sesÂ».on to stand unrepealed and n.t uuirequently others have involved themselves in serious difficulties by violating a law they diu not know of urby acting up.u one which had been repealed ithout their knowledge hi the list or table which i furnish ed you in my last essay is what i consider a ne cessary piece of infor.na.tion to the people it is mortifying to witness the apathy which is felt and the ignorance which prevails about the real condition ofour state men of respectable under standing they indeed who have acted in the high capacity of legislators are either shame fully ignorant or criminally indifferent to her ; impending fate let your readers answer each | for himself whether they had not neglected all | their hie to loam what were her revenues and 1 what the expenses of her government ; and if any have thrown away in a spirit of indolence the statement i have published i demand it of j their patriotism to resume the paper that con i tarns it and follow a review of those intolerable j evils that this system of county representation i has entailed upon aorta carolina i do not now i speak ot it gross inequality ; i shall not now , dwell upon its practical injustice to particular ; portions of the state i here allude only to those | evils it has brought upon and that certain ruin which it threatens to all the people in all sections far ever been sustained hy their decendants but they have been frequently in the greatest danger and no one can guess to what melancholy fate it may come through the madness of fac tion or the servility of dkmagog.es should this remaining monomeat of a liberal soul be broken down and to impair its superiority is to break it down effectually we would propose a corresponding change in tho escutcheon the scales sliould be taken from the one hand of the f irde figure representing justice and in its places ! ic box inscribed with the rights of mi ubs should be substituted the sword should e removed from the other hand and a fut.i black bottle labelled the can didates treat should be put in its place while the right eye of the godeea should b stealing a sidelong glance at this lust i lion from under the bandage with v iuchh blindfolded we hopesoine one wiilh picture p mated and hung up the 1 1 difl gislalure thr'very next tune a mad h pro irate ihe supreme court t.n battle of glilfordt^b the following letter originally published inl the groenaboro-gfa patriot is certainly a matter of interest tothe public the conduct of the north carolina militia an that occasion has been tbe theme of reproach and ridienle ever since that battle and as is admitted in the letter very correctly on the main it is therefore with pleas ure that we would try to rescue this one redeem ing fact from the tide of oblivion the high character of col martin will be sufficient war ranty tor the truth of this statement to all who know him we think that tlie legislatnre ot our state should give permanency to this ae walter a norwood recording secretary 29 fijjk&fijiecid-y to thc cause of r_ducaurjl state an requested to in â– t i\iovc as often as convenient before wul'olirn b^/tr t a i a at e n t . wm rlfb siiiw.-riiirr respectfully be-ys l hive to infirm his old cus mkl.s nnd lhe public generally wm rmnt i noes to keep that w sp tkgxqvjs stjtttv 1 ? fo^v r mb i i in thc centre Â¥' l!kl ll laf'.f where hew-ill at all â– & _ pvto r.-ccivc company i^'mji.f and i vr ureas gaod as tlie [ ftnk his rooms and bedding r.i-.e h stable8 large and i â– all supplied with provender nnd i n pa ; l to bnrses newspapers i â– ' arts of the united slates are ta m establishment for the use ofthe 7 â– ' xt-rtu.iis will l.-e spared hy the â€” ' r â– 'â– !'â– : hi guests comfortable j s - s t waddill.jr â– 'â– 'â€¢' i : travelling through this place i stages willfind at this house k â€¢* ttian co__tortabi9 seshamodations kg j w.jr e this of our l#*t is inarfle to the sia'e engaged in abank speculation a bout 1811 and 1812 ;& if her resources hadbeen husoanded with a prudent economy she might at this day have boasted ofa full treasury a fund might have been accumulated equal or near ly equal to the noble enterprise of educating the sous ot the poorer citizens inthe state this iiope however has failed in common with others that a spirit of state pride and patriotism should have engendered all will soon know that the ireasury is exhausted but few will stop lo en quire how it happened the electioneering county candidates will ascribe it to causes very foreign irom the truth some will do so from ignorance others trom a desire to find fault with weir competitors and not a few under the influ ance of both those motives to arrive at the profits of the bank specula tion we must add together all that die state bas received tor dividends bonus and taxes with the present value of stock and deduct from it the price of the stock the difference thus : â– 1*m2m count of the affair by some public testimonial of respect to the memory of the gallant fortius north carolina has trom adventitious circum stances been more misrepresented and slandered for her conduct in the war of the revolution than any other state in the union and she ought to do every thing even at this late day to vindicate her claim to gallantry and patriotism from the greensboro patriot i ' i juiulul 7 i)^<sce h be.lrbm l tnnouncjbs to the palme that he i \ ' â– ' rfm sera wilson &. saguee ot fcliktae 860,000 240,000 570,000 for tax of 1 per cent per annum present estimated value of stock 1,670,00 deduct 7 1-27 shares stock at 100 per share 712,700 less 3.0 shares given to the state tor charters 36,000 670,700 m . j er fa sh ion s f m tins an doubt will piease his customers 1 v hi work done in a neat Â« stylo b s beyond all doubt that m is buperiortoanyinthejieigh ,, r 11 -- shop is oa mam street aextdom o returns his sincere thanks to his lln-mls tor their liberal patronage â€¢ -* continuance of punctuality and â€¢* his shop tomtit farther st 1.33 u 1 jard has just received a newly msch improved system of cut k rior snow creek stokes county aluy 2 1s33 deur h observing in the grcensb-rough patr'otoftho 1.3th of may inst some remis nesdsuste ofthe battle ot guilford winch in the main are correct i lake this o.casi how ever of mentioning that there is one error which i would like to see corrected i was in the battle ad you have o'.ten heard me say and one ot the few officers now alive of those that were there tie statement is wrong in tti at part where it asserts that co samuel henderson was one of the rallying officers col henders..n was not in the battle 1 was ihe commander of j he guilford militia as co to,al s!)93,300 tfie profits are nearly one million of dollars ! since 1814 the amount received for dividends o-sbank stock exceeds 900,000 amount received for bonus fromb banks of cape fear and new;Â«.rnm a:t uiit received tor 1 per ceut taxi amount of funds belonging to thel state which were inve-ud inthel - banks in 1.1j exceeddedi____________________l t n load ana and col james hunter late of rock ingham was my major and when my men in gloriously fled as is truly stated in the history of those times colonel hunter then major and myself repaired to the point where general greece was and asked for oraers and told him ihcfii ine the militia had vanished with the exception of one imperfect captains company and thereupon he ordered us to ihe ce_.th.u as 125.000 1.26 1,0.0 tbe ordinary revenues since 13 14 at hh_^h an average of j.g7,00u per year,h amount to 1 273.000 e.-'"in?i vu;i oaeace on the i july oext^te-aaas formerly m a caldwell 4\v u z'riit'-ipo.l the aggregate amount of these is 34,000 1 make no accouut tor tbe monies received for entry of vacant lands for they are appropriated by law to the literary fiaa 1 say noib.ua of

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â€¢ â– * y vwe s3 1833 vol l-!\o 48 9 - rallying officers by the by there is^rffi^h ii the common history of that battle in ine statement that all the guilfiird militia ran off without obeying the general order to fire three im^s and retreat behind the second line the compiny of captain f rbus above alluded to did load and fire three times and retreat as ordered but in this part of the transaction there was one of these dreadful incidents that som.times take place in wars poor for bus and his men kept their places as i be fore said but before they had gotten through the rounds th british were close upon them and by this tune were within gunshot of the se cond line of the american army who on receiv ing some bullets began to fire regardless of forbus's handful of men who suffered more from our own fire that that of the enemy capt forbus himself poor fellow was shot in the thigh in his retreat by one of our own men and died shortly after from tbe wound he was as brave a man as i ever saw there is one incident connected with this man which i sheold like was incorporated in the account of the guilford battle â€” it is this â€” while our first line â€” the militia wasyet at it post and be fore thc battle had commenced i was near capt forbus immediately opposite to us in the bri tish line was a very fine dressed british officer who rode in front of his men brandishing his sword very much and seemed very much de lighted with the business of leading on the at tack i said to forbus captain do you see that fellow i do said he well says i if you had a gun could you take him down i think i c mid said he â€” at the same time he took a rifle from one of his men and sat down in the corner of the fence â€” but as no orders had been given to fire i told him to wait until such an order at this moment i was sent for by gen.greetv a ; but i afterwards learned that forbus fired as soon as the first cannon vvas discharged from the british and tbe officer that was parading so briskly . felfat the crack of the rifle 1 found out afterwards that this officer was maj stuart so much lamented by the whole british army he was buried near the sp it where he fell while on thc subject of the guilford battle i will mention one other circumstance while col hunter aad i were talking to gen greene a cannon ball from the british line came with considerable force near where we were but striking against several trees in its course it rebounded and finally stopped by us a soldier picked it up and showed it to the general lland it back to our engineer and let them have it bad quietly replied general greene which was immediately done as i am not acquainted with mr swaim i hope you will take it on yourself to correct the small mistake above mentioned and if you choose you may make known the other part herein btfc led ._____________________________________________â– wiee pubic or indian lands .. â€ž._-,_ watch nv is published tnr 1 j rr , fio^uv per year in advance ,- â€¢ â– vrjliv i cities more than v â€¢ â– ' iÂ»di-t4nt from salisbury and in r .!.: . u*^t soâ€¢â€¢Â«oneyear--an taken for less than one s will ndwithdr vn until arri-ra ui.l-m-rxhoosts , â€¢â€¢ - â– sum in ad .. tn vwaclintana 2,50 tor one ..,..,.,,; regularly will he continu ratcsaflierwjrds tol j ie editor must b to be valued and according to odd assessment \ " w \Â° f 7 c dechned f jt **** be that the tney imposed the land lax tnis assessment ; crooked notions of party-men have supplan vvas lodged with the clerks ofthe county led tne principles of justice aud freed mn courts and they were directed to issue a copy senf.x ofthe same to those who receive tbe list of p s . in my last emm i put the reve taxes inthe counties for their government nil _ a a an â– k li 7 im tne tax baa been imposed according to that as i __*? **,! v 7 ' b,u the p ub,,c treasurer sissment ever since b accident 1 happen to ! st . ates lt t0 b f an ******* Â°Â» ffmÂ»0 i have access to thai paper and tlie act of assem i a ; so p ut ne expenses at fftlss the bly teaches me that tne laud tax is 6 cenlson \ treasurer states tlieui at Â£. 30,003 this every hundred dollars if the same now the j was a mistake of mine in transcribing or assessment has put the lauds of the slate at fifty . in addition the public treasurer is^pro tour millions b.hly right and th-r-forc i have adopted i herefore the land tax imposed bv li -. . ... , uuu r ltu m mis |" y tismqoi e re p rted b >' hlld lin i thus watchman 720,700 saturday jvwb 22 1r33 deducting 1-5 deprecation nf stock â€¢ m./.no bunk debt 81.000 treasury notes 98,000 s~t we or authorised to state that gen t-tornas - iv.k isa candidate to represent the con â€¢ it wan in the senate ofthe next general assembly 316.500 this leaves only 01.-..w which is less t.'ian half the bank profits the other half is g iie together with f 125,000 of tlie funds invested in the trade here has been a revenue of reduced to â€” two millions of dollars and more have taken to st_y we are requested to announce john beard jr e?q as a candidate for the senate in the \ of 11 wan 00t a sh03 store icjr we are authorized to announce jons clement esq as a candidate for the commons in rowan county themselves wings and flown away after a hazard-its and oppressive speculation in the banks las turned out most profitably on paper the pmse ot the people â€” the treasury of the state â€” is as empty as it would have been if the fjd-j.otjo owned in 1 sid and 1814 had been put at simple interest and that interest invested regularly as it became payable and the expenses of the government had been at the same time li mited tc her ordinary revenue i will not under take to how you in detail the manner in which this result has been brought about but i am concerned to know that the evils which contribu ted in a reat degree to produce it are not reme died and if they are not speedily removed they will entail greater mischiefs on tbe people this i proceed to demonstrate 1 our necessary expenses are gi eater than the ordinary revenues of ihe state 2 our general assembly is too numerous and consequently costs too much 3 our legislation is unwholesome because the members m too mucli excited by sectional party spirit and assemble together too often 4 this spirit is gaining by degrees an influ ence over our people in the discussion of those topics i shall be con fined to narrow limits by the form in which i must address through you the people of this state ; but the hints 1 crowd within that com pass may be useful and profitable to those vho will reflect on these subjects f i need offer no proof lo sustain my first p sition with sut h as read the annual report of the treasurer ihat excellent and valuable officer has told us in his last report to the assembly that the ordinary revenue of the state is $~ ., 905 and that the amount annually expended for the necessary expenses of the government excla sivsof specific appropriations ice may be stated at an average of 80,000 : ' 1 he same officer says tht ordinary public le.enueofthi state has not been adequate to tnis purpose for many years â€” that f~r the ast ten years this defect iris varied from 12,000 to 17,000 dollars annu ally 1 refer you to the report ofthe commit tee oi finance in the last assembly which re iterated this statement and confirmed it ... r hamilton c jokes is a candi date for the commons for rowan coun ty Â« mec juttl avgs leave to inform his friends andth ppub \'% ' thai lie has inftchased the cstablish flkjin-s mull jr an main street below ... s.-rs liuie & cade opposite to the viiikin fc catawba journal p ni land a general a-sortrnent 1 .',â– ,-, uticle usual in ttii line of busi race on long island error in our last paper we stated the time of the race between dewitt clinton and robin hood two mile heats at 3 minutes and 44 seconds we copied the statement accurately from the traveller 8 time ; and did not adveit to the inaccuracy of the account until our attention was culled to the suiiject by a friend acquainted with these matters who assured us that no horse ever wnile the returns of the sherilts and-.h repo t ofthe comptroll er will show that the land tax collected does not exceed the following letter to thc editor from co s c st.oib i-.,n secretory tothe commissioners for settling boundaries jtc with tin indian tribes for tho west will he highly interesting to our readers and wo tender onr thanks ta the wntei for his po liteness in furnishing us with the informa tion it contains â€” ark ga:etf at the mine place a j0ota*d shoe shop i 1 1 execute orders tor work with ; mid in the most fashionable style ysnone bin first rate workmen who i ; and attentive with which and a con laty lo bugim ss bi we if he bopes to itiaoanceu that patronage so liberally ... .-..,; i in 11 since he has been in bu-in.ss in ;- f rips mp siti.n of the west company is commanded by capt ford is secured and vice versa 1 know there are lieuts gibson and shields ; so end eoin honoraule exceptions tothe rule hut truth for pany by capt boone limits hamilton and bids me to concede that they arc more than ex bâ€žtl e r ; third company by capt bean ceptinns this very question of land tax has l;(!uts . penttjcost wskmon caldwell aud been bef se the assembly three different nines to r . ---â€” w-*m Â«_*â– my knowledge it has always been welcomed i *" with the cry of party â€” talked of referred and the officers belonging to the rangers then 1 id on the table and thus it is with ev are all at their posts except lieut st-.-ens ery question ot deep interest to the public no who is engaged by tho commissions ia to weary yon with any let ine add a case of running the fine west between lhe creeks annual occurrence in assembly i and chcrok in accor(lance mw y premise that 1 am no \\ estern man i reside . , . - ., ... in the easf-my property family and most reat >' * p u , a 1 tun,s of , llc ' ** bruanr of my friends live there yet 1 am no eastern ast * hc wi " j oin the command sotne man,'either i am a north carolina man whereon the waters of the canadian after the people of burke and buncombe havef.r having completed the duties assigned him years petitioned the legislature to divide those lieut watson of washington city is the two counties into three and in support of their on [ v officer appointed tothe new dragoon application tney have set forth the following . ' t , iat h;ls # cirriveil licut s^xvtdl c.rie varices that to get to their courts and alus , ,â€¢ _ . â€ž ___, ,,,",. j __.., Â° i,â€ž.4 , , , , i . , , __Â« declines accepting the appointment teiidcr ters many of then are obliged to travel from 3o ... ,._. ''_.. , to 70 miles in a mountainous country that ed him n tnat corps referring his pre they pay tax more than equal to the additional sent rank inthe infantry expenses f a new county ; that their population the principal object of col arbuckle is exceeding 34,000 and tbe evils are ofa ciiar in sending out this expedition is to display actor to be remedied ne other way vet this ap a large military force in the heart and iii plication is-efused upon the openly admitted the extreme hiding places of the indian ground that a new county would add strength countrv , , vnere no so]dier ha cvcf t to'hhe west moor legislature here you see .-â– â– * l the complaint is so reasonable the demand so p ' just that parties are deprived of a decent pretext the pawnees and comanches have been for disregarding one and denying the other but very troublesome during the last winter party spirit is so strong that the servants of the evincing an unfriendly temper toward ciii pooplefeel safe in the open admission that citi zen3 d r t \ ie united states besides the se zens of north carolina are refused justice ano noug rol)bery coinmate j up â€ž n r u l 0 garros dent d their right because they dwell n ihe .* n kici nash of ilillsnor pi^h tlii r il lectin o on thc custom of ncnng emulation m literary institutions or punishment hy walkeu fsq of hillsborough and presumed that the friends a cati~c ol such vital im the slate bin order ofthe executive committee neral assembly was composed of 1 tl ine .;>â€¢ ir - ! tiie counties are now inultipjied to 6-1 and the general assembly consists of 199 members e ven after the number of counties was greatly in creased many years ago the expense of an as sembly did not exceed sometimes 15,000 and very rarely 20,000 ; but now the accounts of the treasurer and comptroller exhibit to us an annual expense of 40,000 for the pay of mem bers i say nothing of printing and oilier con tingencics though the latter makes no trilling sum in our public accounts the whole neeessa expense of our government used to fall short of 40,000 as any man may see who takes the trouble to examine the subject our fathers were satisfied to receive 2 per day for serving in the assembly many among us profess lo venerate their conduct as a model worthy of our imitation in all tilings and the people may be a little curious to know why ia this respect any exception should be made by later assemblies oar fathers thought 114 members of toe assem hly suffieient ( to manage the affairs of state when we were surrounded by difficulties unknown to us in later days â€” many among us profess to be lieve that they conducted tlie business of the people well and experience should teach us that it has not been so pruu.ntly and prosperously managed since the number of these workmen is increased to nearly 00 our fathers inculca ted economy in public expeneea as a principle of the republic but we ha e disregarded it by our praciice 3 our legislation is unwholesome because the general assembly sits too often and is excited by a spirit of sectional party what a fruitful theme for discussion is here alas for the honor and prosperity of the state there is not a man who has n pr.ser.ted the people in 0 years that will not confirm tins charge : and there is no section of the state that has not f it its truth the legidature often passes a law without due consideration of its etiecis from tlie circumstance that they will again a~.sseri.ble in 12 months and lt may he then repealed this leads to a system of experiments in law â€” making injurious to the public in every way they sit until hi middle of january and their acts are not pruned and distributed throughout the state tor two months after the adjournment it takes at least three months or m